According to legend, a Cherokee Indian artist tried to paint a wildflower but couldn't get the colors right. He asked the Great Spirit to help.
He sent down paintbrushes to the Cherokee. The artist painted a colorful flower that blazed like fire.
The Cherokee artist tossed the brushes into the woods. Indian Paintbrush wildflowers popped up across the Appalachian Mountains.
This is the legend how these beautiful wildflowers came to our mountains.
3 comments:
What a beautiful flower and a beautiful picture.
Thank you for sharing the legend. The flower is so pretty!
I love this story! They are beautiful! We have Chickory, Thistles, Queen Anne's Lace, and many more. We are bordered by the Blue Ridge Mountains on one side, and the Appalachian on the other.
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